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There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Esteem

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